Yu Huiyan's charming smile froze on her face.
"What did you say? A concubine?!"
"Otherwise?"
Liang Yuchuan retorted calmly.
"I got married to Liang Yuzhou in a grand wedding! How dare you ask me to be a concubine?!"
Unable to bear such humiliation, Yu Huiyan shrieked at the top of her voice, "Liang Yuchuan, you didn't talk like this last night! You're such a heartless scumbag!"
Liang Yuchuan didn't tolerate her at all. He raised his hand and slapped her.
"Yu Huiyan, you think too highly of yourself. You're just a cast - off shoe that Liang Yuzhou didn't want!
You offered yourself to me. It was an honor for you that I slept with you!
Don't you know your own status? How dare you shout at me! You slut!"
Yu Huiyan was slapped onto the bed, exposing her white back. She grabbed the quilt tightly in humiliation.
That word "slut" was like a sharp blade in the cold wind, stabbing her ears painfully.
She let out a cold laugh. Her eyes looking at Liang Yuchuan were as venomous as a snake.
Liang Yuchuan felt a sudden chill in his heart.
Yu Huiyan covered her swollen cheek. A sinister smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. "If the world knew that the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, the future young duke, was so lust - crazed that he forced his sister - in - law, Liang Yuchuan, do you think you can still wait for the emperor's decree?"
"Poisonous woman!" Liang Yuchuan was furious. He slapped Yu Huiyan again.
He grabbed Yu Huiyan's hair, forcing her to look up. He leaned forward, smiling sinisterly, showing his white teeth like a wild beast about to devour its prey.
"Everyone in the capital knows what kind of person you are. Do you think people will believe that you seduced me in order to be the wife of the heir, or that I forced you into an affair?"
Yu Huiyan's venomous eyes seemed to be able to eat people. "Do you think people flatter you, so you're a noble person? Everyone in the capital knows that you even betrayed your own father in order to be the heir! You're worse than a beast, and you still have the nerve to talk about character with me!"
Liang Yuchuan gritted his teeth hard. The veins on his forehead bulged.
He increased the force on his hand. Yu Huiyan's scalp felt like it was being ripped off, and her facial features were distorted.
"Shut your mouth, or I'll make you die a horrible death!"
It was a blatant threat.
Yu Huiyan wasn't intimidated. She spat at Liang Yuchuan's face fiercely.
"I tell you, without my secret help, with your useless look, you still want to be the heir? Dream on!"
"What do you mean? Did you... poison father?"
"That's right. The Princess Dowager still trusts me. It was me who poisoned the old duke! If you dare to humiliate me, the Princess Dowager won't agree!"
"So, should I thank you then?"
Liang Yuchuan scoffed disdainfully. He patted her face. "Do you think the old lady is easy to deal with? She has her own spies and connections. Once she finds out the truth about father's poisoning, although she can't do anything to the Princess Dowager, do you think she can't deal with you? You're just a knife in the Princess Dowager's hand, doing some dirty work for her. Do you really think the Princess Dowager cares about you?"
The contempt in his eyes made Yu Huiyan feel extremely humiliated.
She hated being looked down upon the most in her life!
But Liang Yuchuan's words also made her shiver.
She had no one to rely on anymore.
The Princess Dowager only used her, without any pity.
The Princess Jiahe was useless.
Once the old lady found out that she had poisoned the old duke's food...
No one could protect her!
She must live. Only by living could the Princess Dowager think she was still useful.
She also needed a decent identity to get rid of her current living - dead - like life!
Although Liang Yuchuan was not as good as Liang Yuzhou in every aspect, at least he was about to become the legitimate young duke.
He was always self - important and arrogant. He used to aim to marry the Princess Lingyang, and now he would raise his standards for choosing a wife even higher.
In a short time, Liang Yuchuan would pick and choose among the noble ladies.
His marriage wouldn't be arranged so soon.
She had to seize this gap period to strive for more favorable conditions for herself.
After thinking this through, her eyes softened. Two lines of clear tears streamed down her face. She looked so pitiful that it made people feel sorry for her.
"Your Grace, we've already had the relationship of husband and wife. Naturally, I'm on your side. We should support each other. Why do we have to say such harsh words?"
She endured the severe pain on her scalp and snuggled into Liang Yuchuan's arms. Her eyes were soft and sticky. "Your Grace, I don't care about the title as long as I can serve you. I only care about you."
Her obedience and the repeated calls of "Your Grace" pleased Liang Yuchuan.
He let go of her hair. Liang Yuchuan hooked her chin and smiled frivolously. "That's right. Remember, I'm your sky, your only hope. Obey me and be a good girl. There will be many benefits."
Yu Huiyan hugged his waist and sweetly called him "Your Grace" twice more.
Liang Yuchuan felt extremely comfortable. He pressed her head down. "Do it again like last night."
Yu Huiyan let out a coquettish cry. She lifted the quilt on him and lowered her head.
He looked down on Yu Huiyan's flattering and obsequious appearance and thought she was vulgar.
But he also enjoyed it.
Although she was not extremely beautiful, she had a plump figure and was skilled in serving people. Moreover, she was still useful to the Princess Dowager.
Taking Yu Huiyan in was also a good deed for the Princess Dowager.
He was always willing to do things that could please the Princess Dowager.
Yu Huiyan was tortured by Liang Yuchuan for another whole morning.
She took her maid, Cai Die, and sneaked back into the Duke's Mansion through the side door.
When she passed by the Fuan Hall of the old lady.
Liang Yuzhou left her on their wedding day, making her the laughingstock of the capital. Yu Huiyan was once on the verge of collapse.
The next day, she came to the Fuan Hall early in the morning to pay respects to the old lady.
As long as the old lady let her in, it meant that she was recognized as the legitimate wife of the Duke's Mansion, and her life in the mansion would be better.
But for as long as she stood at the door of the Fuan Hall, the old lady ignored her.
She went back and complained to the Princess Jiahe.
But the Princess Jiahe wiped her tears regretfully. "I treated Song Wanchu the same way back then... She didn't do anything wrong. I was too mean. If I had treated her better, that child could have been born, and she wouldn't have left the Duke's Mansion. And Zhou'er wouldn't have become a monk for her..."
Yu Huiyan listened to her crying impatiently for more than half an hour.
The Princess Jiahe seemed not to see her at all. She mumbled to herself for a long time without mentioning a single word about her.
The old lady didn't recognize her, and her aunt didn't care about her. She became the most embarrassing living widow in the capital.
Since then, Yu Huiyan had cursed the old lady to death every day.
Today, as usual, she was about to scold a few words in front of the Fuan Hall when she suddenly saw two familiar figures coming out of the Fuan Hall.
Her pupils suddenly dilated. Her eyes were full of shock.